Miner&#39;s lamp-holder.



N. FRIBBAND. MIN-BR'S LAMP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAYIO, 1913.

1,080,434. Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

WITNESSES INVENTOR l ATTORNEYS dent of Shenandoah, in the county of Schuylscribed and claimedand illustrated in the v tionin which like characters of reference in- .].tion is to simplify and improve this type of and in whic NICHOLAS FRIEBAND, OF SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA.

MINER/S LAMP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1913.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Serial No. 766,783.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, NIoHoLAs Fmnmnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resikill and State of Pennsylvania, have m vented a new and Improved Miners Lamp- Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to' miners equipment and has particular referenceto an improved form of holder or bracket designed as a permanent attachment to a miners cap for'the.-purpose of det-achably holding a well known type of oil lamp.

Among the specific'objects of this invendevices whereby they are cheaper, stronger and better adapted for their purpose than other devices now commonly used.

The foregoing and other objects of this invention will hereinafter be more fully dedrawings forming a part of this specificadicatecorresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a conventional form of caphaving my improvement attached thereto and showing, in elevation a miners lamp su ported in place; Fig. 2 is a view correspon ing to Fig. 1 but indicating the position which is automatically assumed by ,the lamp when the cap is tilted forwardly; Fig. 3 is a front elevation; and Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the support is made, the scale being smaller than in the other figures.

Referring tothe drawings for a more specific description of the invention, I show a cap comprising a crown 10, a sweatband 11 and a VIZOI' 12. These parts are or may be of any well known or approved design or construction and assembled in any suitable manner.

The support or holder 13 comprises a sub stantially rectangular strip of material of any suitable nature, but preferably of a good quality of leather. This member is preferabl formed or cut as indicated in Fig. 4 an provided with a plurality of holes 14 at its upper end 15 through which it may be connected to the top of the crown as by rivets 16f At the lower end 17 are formed holes 18 for securing the holder in any suitable position preferably to the vizor by rivets 19. It will appear, therefore, that tudinal plane of the cap and its wearer. In

other words, as indicated in Fig. 2, when the miner stoops and tilts his cap forwardly, the lamp should swing freely so that it will be relatively spaced from the vizor of the cap and therefore maintained in a substantially vertical upright position to avoid spilling of the oil and interference with the proper action of the lamp. To meet this requirement, therefore, in a practical and reliable manner, constructing the holder of leather, I form therein a tongue 20 having its upper end integral with the main portion of the holder and having its lower or free end 21 folded rearwardly and upwardly against the under surface of the end 15 and there secured as by a rivet 22 passin through holes 23 and 24. In the cuttin o the blank, as shown in Fig. 4 I provi e a slot 25 adjacent the upper end of the tongue 20, the slot being arranged with its longer axis coinciding with the axis of the tongue and having its lower end extended into the tongue or beyond the point of attachment between the tongue and the main part of the holder, thus providing a pair of comparatively flexible strips 26. These strips facilitate the aforesaid folding of the tongue, and after the folding is effected they constitute spaced forwardly projecting shoulders. The width of the slot 25 corresponds substantially to the thickness of the hook I of the lamp. Just in the rear of said shdulders '26 is formed a hole 27 through the tongue which also is of a diameter substantially equivalent to the diameter or thickness of the hook. This hole 27 receives the end of the hook, as shown in Fig, 1, and the looped portion of the hook is supported within the slot 25 and hence upon that portion of the tongue between the slot and the hole 27 and between the shoulders 26. It will follow, therefore, that since the hook has constant en agement in the hole 27, the lamp is prevente from swinging laterally around the axis of the hole 27 or from oscillating to the right or left to any great extent. \Vhile the miner is working, however, the lamp, by means of the connection above described, is free to swing forwardly relatively to the cap or automatically maintain its upright position at all times. The space or opening 28 formed by cutting out the tongue 20 is long enough to provide a clearance for the point of the hook when the lamp swings forwardly, but when the cap is elevated to an upright position the wall at the end of said opening serves as a support for the lamp.

It will thus appear that I provide a simple, cheap and efiecti've lamp holder and one which will thoroughly prevent any oil which might leak from the lamp to come into direct contact with the crown or sweatband of the cap.

Having thus described'my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination with a miners cap having a crown and a vizor, of a lamp holder constructed of one piece of flexible material, means to secure the upper and lower ends of said holder to the crown and and said intermedlate portion being slitted to form a tongue having its upper end left integral with the main portion of the holder,

the free end of the tongue being bent rearwardly and upwardly against the upper portion of the holder and formed with a hole therethrough, and a slotbeing formed 2. The herein described blank for a miners lamp holder comprising a substantially rectangular-single strlp of material, said blank being formed with attachment holes at its opposite ends, the intermediate portion thereof being slitted to form a tongue having its upper end left integral with the holder and its free end provided with a central hole, anda. slot being formed through the holder in axial alinement with said tongue and its hole, said slot. extending across the point, of attachment-between the tongue and the main portion of the holder, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof [have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. vizor respectively the intermediate portion 7 of the holder being spaced from the crown,

NICHOLAS FRIEBAND.

Witnesses:

THOMAS CANTLIN, EDWARD QIBLON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

